Elias watches Belle, an eighteen-year-old with a mix of
innocence and defiance, as she stands on
an auction stage. Driven by her sister's
debt, Belle is forced to participate in the
auction, where Elias bids for her and wins.
He takes her to his penthouse, asserting
hi...
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The room was thick with tension, the air heavy with the scent of desperation and desire. I stood at the back, my eyes locked on her like a predator stalking its prey.
Belle.
Just eighteen, with skin like cream and hair that cascaded in waves of midnight black. She was everything I'd ever craved, a living, breathing fantasy.
And tonight, she was mine. Not by chance, but by choice—hers and mine.
Her sister's debt had driven her to this, and I'd been waiting for an opportunity like th
